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author Outinen, Okko
Stæhr, Peter A U
Ribeiro, Romeu S
Carbonell, Aina
Comas-González, Robert
Png-Gonzalez, Lydia
Vázquez-Luis, Maite
Florin, Ann-Britt
Naddafi, Rahmat
Gittenberger, Arjan
Jakobsen, Hans
Costa, Ana C
Parente, Manuela I
Dragičević, Branko
Dulčić, Jakov
Petović, Slavica
Orlando-Bonaca, Martina
Mavrič, Borut
Bartilotti, Cátia
Lobo-Arteaga, Jorge
Tuaty-Guerra, Miriam
Viard, Frédérique
Massé, Cécile
Castriota, Luca
Livi, Silvia
Galanidi, Marika
Zenetos, Argyro
Carvalho, Natacha
Canning-Clode, João
Parretti, Paola
Ramalhosa, Patrício
Castro, Nuno
author_facet Outinen, Okko
Stæhr, Peter A U
Ribeiro, Romeu S
Carbonell, Aina
Comas-González, Robert
Png-Gonzalez, Lydia
Vázquez-Luis, Maite
Florin, Ann-Britt
Naddafi, Rahmat
Gittenberger, Arjan
Jakobsen, Hans
Costa, Ana C
Parente, Manuela I
Dragičević, Branko
Dulčić, Jakov
Petović, Slavica
Orlando-Bonaca, Martina
Mavrič, Borut
Bartilotti, Cátia
Lobo-Arteaga, Jorge
Tuaty-Guerra, Miriam
Viard, Frédérique
Massé, Cécile
Castriota, Luca
Livi, Silvia
Galanidi, Marika
Zenetos, Argyro
Carvalho, Natacha
Canning-Clode, João
Parretti, Paola
Ramalhosa, Patrício
Castro, Nuno
Outinen, Okko
Stæhr, Peter A U
Ribeiro, Romeu S
Carbonell, Aina
Comas-González, Robert
Png-Gonzalez, Lydia
Vázquez-Luis, Maite
Florin, Ann-Britt
Naddafi, Rahmat
Gittenberger, Arjan
Jakobsen, Hans
Costa, Ana C
Parente, Manuela I
Dragičević, Branko
Dulčić, Jakov
Petović, Slavica
Orlando-Bonaca, Martina
Mavrič, Borut
Bartilotti, Cátia
Lobo-Arteaga, Jorge
Tuaty-Guerra, Miriam
Viard, Frédérique
Massé, Cécile
Castriota, Luca
Livi, Silvia
Galanidi, Marika
Zenetos, Argyro
Carvalho, Natacha
Canning-Clode, João
Parretti, Paola
Ramalhosa, Patrício
Castro, Nuno
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents The haunting challenge of the trends and pathway assessments on newly introduced non-indigenous species in European seas. Outinen, Okko Stæhr, Peter A U Ribeiro, Romeu S Carbonell, Aina Comas-González, Robert Png-Gonzalez, Lydia Vázquez-Luis, Maite Florin, Ann-Britt Naddafi, Rahmat Gittenberger, Arjan Jakobsen, Hans Costa, Ana C Parente, Manuela I Dragičević, Branko Dulčić, Jakov Petović, Slavica Orlando-Bonaca, Martina Mavrič, Borut Bartilotti, Cátia Lobo-Arteaga, Jorge Tuaty-Guerra, Miriam Viard, Frédérique Massé, Cécile Castriota, Luca Livi, Silvia Galanidi, Marika Zenetos, Argyro Carvalho, Natacha Canning-Clode, João Parretti, Paola Ramalhosa, Patrício Castro, Nuno Introduced Species Environmental Monitoring Ecosystem Animals European Union Mediterranean Sea Aquatic Organisms Conservation of Natural Resources Europe Oceans and Seas The spread of aquatic non-indigenous species (NIS) is recognised as a major threat to the recipient regions ecosystems. The present study reviewed all NIS that have been introduced to the marine waters of the European Union (EU) until 2021, and their introduction pathways. Further, the study statistically analysed temporal trends in new NIS introductions and addressed uncertainties in relation to transporting pathways. Time-series analyses indicated that the observed trends in new NIS introductions have followed smoothly increasing trajectories for the entire study area, Mediterranean Sea, North-East Atlantic Ocean, and the Baltic Sea, whereas abrupt increase was detected for the Black Sea. It is noteworthy that the increasing trends started to slow down at the end of 2010s. Strongly increased research interest towards marine invasions since the early 2000s, and new environmental policies likely affected the observed trends. Future updates will be key to assessing whether this slowdown is truly a persisting trend or only an anomaly in the long term. The pathway assessment suffered from notable uncertainties, as the assigned confidence levels for pathways were low or unassigned for a large proportion of the introduced NIS in all study regions. Transport by shipping vectors was assigned as the most common pathway (51%) for new NIS introductions to EU seas, although there was very rarely direct evidence of this. The study highlights the need to overcome the pathway uncertainties, as robust information on introduction pathways is critical to manage new NIS introductions effectively.
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spellingShingle The haunting challenge of the trends and pathway assessments on newly introduced non-indigenous species in European seas.
Outinen, Okko
Stæhr, Peter A U
Ribeiro, Romeu S
Carbonell, Aina
Comas-González, Robert
Png-Gonzalez, Lydia
Vázquez-Luis, Maite
Florin, Ann-Britt
Naddafi, Rahmat
Gittenberger, Arjan
Jakobsen, Hans
Costa, Ana C
Parente, Manuela I
Dragičević, Branko
Dulčić, Jakov
Petović, Slavica
Orlando-Bonaca, Martina
Mavrič, Borut
Bartilotti, Cátia
Lobo-Arteaga, Jorge
Tuaty-Guerra, Miriam
Viard, Frédérique
Massé, Cécile
Castriota, Luca
Livi, Silvia
Galanidi, Marika
Zenetos, Argyro
Carvalho, Natacha
Canning-Clode, João
Parretti, Paola
Ramalhosa, Patrício
Castro, Nuno
Introduced Species
Environmental Monitoring
Ecosystem
Animals
European Union
Mediterranean Sea
Aquatic Organisms
Conservation of Natural Resources
Europe
Oceans and Seas
The haunting challenge of the trends and pathway assessments on newly introduced non-indigenous species in European seas. Outinen, Okko Stæhr, Peter A U Ribeiro, Romeu S Carbonell, Aina Comas-González, Robert Png-Gonzalez, Lydia Vázquez-Luis, Maite Florin, Ann-Britt Naddafi, Rahmat Gittenberger, Arjan Jakobsen, Hans Costa, Ana C Parente, Manuela I Dragičević, Branko Dulčić, Jakov Petović, Slavica Orlando-Bonaca, Martina Mavrič, Borut Bartilotti, Cátia Lobo-Arteaga, Jorge Tuaty-Guerra, Miriam Viard, Frédérique Massé, Cécile Castriota, Luca Livi, Silvia Galanidi, Marika Zenetos, Argyro Carvalho, Natacha Canning-Clode, João Parretti, Paola Ramalhosa, Patrício Castro, Nuno Introduced Species Environmental Monitoring Ecosystem Animals European Union Mediterranean Sea Aquatic Organisms Conservation of Natural Resources Europe Oceans and Seas The spread of aquatic non-indigenous species (NIS) is recognised as a major threat to the recipient regions ecosystems. The present study reviewed all NIS that have been introduced to the marine waters of the European Union (EU) until 2021, and their introduction pathways. Further, the study statistically analysed temporal trends in new NIS introductions and addressed uncertainties in relation to transporting pathways. Time-series analyses indicated that the observed trends in new NIS introductions have followed smoothly increasing trajectories for the entire study area, Mediterranean Sea, North-East Atlantic Ocean, and the Baltic Sea, whereas abrupt increase was detected for the Black Sea. It is noteworthy that the increasing trends started to slow down at the end of 2010s. Strongly increased research interest towards marine invasions since the early 2000s, and new environmental policies likely affected the observed trends. Future updates will be key to assessing whether this slowdown is truly a persisting trend or only an anomaly in the long term. The pathway assessment suffered from notable uncertainties, as the assigned confidence levels for pathways were low or unassigned for a large proportion of the introduced NIS in all study regions. Transport by shipping vectors was assigned as the most common pathway (51%) for new NIS introductions to EU seas, although there was very rarely direct evidence of this. The study highlights the need to overcome the pathway uncertainties, as robust information on introduction pathways is critical to manage new NIS introductions effectively.
title The haunting challenge of the trends and pathway assessments on newly introduced non-indigenous species in European seas.
topic Introduced Species
Environmental Monitoring
Ecosystem
Animals
European Union
Mediterranean Sea
Aquatic Organisms
Conservation of Natural Resources
Europe
Oceans and Seas
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41687444/